Improvement in sulky-harrows



v `To all whoni'itnuty concern. i

amena l JAMES; A. CASEY, or MYsvlLLE, KENTUCKY.

` Letters Patent No; 104,423, dterl June 1870.

i IMPROVEMENT 1N sULKY-Hannows, sa?.

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l The:Schedule4 referred to in Beit known that I, JAMES A. CASEY, of li'Iaysville, in the' county of Mason and Stateof Kentucky, have invented a' new and improved Sulky-Harrow, Gultivator, Ste; `andlI do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, `which `will enable others skilled in` the artto make and use the same, reference beinghad to `the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side viewof my machine., adjustedas a cultivator, one of the snlky wheels being removed,

and the'cnltivator-teeth `being raised from the ground. i

Figure 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar let'fe'r's of reference in'dea'teeorrespondifng parts. l t i My inveition has for its object to furnish an improvedl machine, which shall-be so constructed that it may be readily adjustedfor use'as'as a barrow and cultivator, doing its work well .in` either capacity; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the `machine,'as hereinafter more fully described. l

A is the axle of `the machine, `upon the journals of `which the sulky-wheels, B, revolve, and to' which the tongue, C, is secnrelyxattached. l

`D is a trame-work, securely attached to the tongue G and axle A, for the attachment of various parts o f the machine', as hereinafter. more fully described.

To the axle A are secured two eye-bolts, a', to the `eyes of which are detachably pivoted the forward ends of the-bars E,"the forwardparts of'which are con# nected bya barge', and to the rear ends of which are pivoted small wheels, F, which I prefer to make in the form of caster-wheels.

. The bars Eiare madewith an' offset, to bring their`v rear parts about in lline with the sulky-whecls B, and

allow more4 room for the hows G1 l IG G, to which the cultivator and harrowteeth areattached.

The bows GGzGiVare arranged the one in the rear ,of the others, and their ends are detaehably pivoted l to the bars When the machine is tcbe used as a` cnltivator, shovels, or cultivator-teeth, should be at- 1 tached to thenforward bows,.-G"G3, but to the rear these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

*wooi `bow Gr3 should be attached turn-shovels or teeth so 'formed` as to throw the` soil toward the row of plants being cultivated, and over which the machine passes, space being left between the teeth in the middle parts of the bows for the passage of the plants.

When the machine is to'be used -as a harrow, the cultivator-'teeth are detached and replaced by the harrowtecth,bnt, in this case, the teeth in the forward bow`G', and the end teeth of 'the'bow Gshonld be knivesy orcntters, to cut up the roots, to -enable the barrow-teeth to properly stir4 up the ground.

, All-the Adifferent teeth pass up through holes in the bows Gl G/z G3, and are secured -by nuts screwed upon To the upper side of the central parts of the bows G G2G is attached a chain, H, the forward end -of "which is secured to the end of the short arm of the bent'lever I, which is pivoted at its angle inthe slot of the curved gnide-bar J, which has holes formed through it to receive lever is secured in place to hold the bows G' G3 3 away from thejgronnd, when passing from place ti)n place. The lever I also enables the bows Grl be conveniently raised for passing obstructions.

Having thus described' my invention, l

I claim as new'and desire 'to secure by Letters Patenty 1. '.lhe bars or frame E, wheels F, and detachable pivoted` bows G Grz G, provided ywith harroweteeth, cultivator-teeth, cutters or'plows, in combination with the sulkyA B O D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combinaticn of the chain H, bent lever I, and slotted guide-bar J,

herein shown and described, and for thefpurpo'se set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 2d day of October, 18,69.

l .JAMESI A. CASEY.

Witnesses:

R.`H. STANToiv,

E. O. Pms'rnn.

the stop-pin, by which the bent with the bows Grl G? piv'- v oted bars E, and snlkyA B 0 D, substantially as`- 

